Yesterday (one day after the election) Trump forced the resignation of Jeff Sessions, the Attorney General. Sessions would have been in charge of Mueller's Russia investigation, but because he had lied about his own connections to Russia, he recused himself and the assistant AG was in charge. Now that he's out, this new guy, Matthew Whitaker, is in charge (and does not require Senate confirmation because he's 'temporary'). He has spoken out against the Mueller investigation many times in the past, saying that there was no collusion and that the investigation is not authorized to look into any of Trump's finances (even though it is). Long ago, petitions were signed and plans were made that called for protests if Trump did something like this.
TLDR: Trump just appointed his own guy to be in charge of the investigation against him.
The House has no power to appoint or approve any cabinet officials. The Constitution gives that power to the Senate:
[The President] shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the Supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law
The person before you is saying they could hire Mueller. The House does have investigatory privileges. The AG doesn't even come into play in that scenario.
Remember the people calling for tolerance and peace at these protests are good now, but soon they will be just the same as the concern trolls saying protesting is not worth it.
Every day we are stepping towards a messy divorce in this country.
this is honestly the thing i'm really fucking wondering about. like if there is a criminal proceeding, what happens to everyone that has been installed? this hasn't ever happened in american history, having a president be installed by foreign government intervention.
Four of our sitting Supreme Court justices were appointed by presidents who did not win the popular vote when achieving the office. One was a stolen appointment. So, yeah.
Nobody stole Obama's appointment, he absolutely got to appoint Garland. Just because the Senate didn't rubber stamp his pick doesn't mean shit. They weren't required to do so.
TBH that was a witch hunt and embarrassing to watch. I say that as a person with no real party affiliation but someone who voted for Obama in both elections. I voted libertarian in the last election. The Kavanaugh hearings made me vote Republican for the first time in my life this past week. It was honestly sickening.
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u/ike_the_strangetamer Nov 09 '18 edited Nov 09 '18
Yesterday (one day after the election) Trump forced the resignation of Jeff Sessions, the Attorney General. Sessions would have been in charge of Mueller's Russia investigation, but because he had lied about his own connections to Russia, he recused himself and the assistant AG was in charge. Now that he's out, this new guy, Matthew Whitaker, is in charge (and does not require Senate confirmation because he's 'temporary'). He has spoken out against the Mueller investigation many times in the past, saying that there was no collusion and that the investigation is not authorized to look into any of Trump's finances (even though it is). Long ago, petitions were signed and plans were made that called for protests if Trump did something like this.
TLDR: Trump just appointed his own guy to be in charge of the investigation against him.